By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words:

"The sheriff of the province shall also be allowed three dollars per day, in money of the United States, for each day the Court of First Instance is in session in his province for attendance at such court by himself and necessary deputies. This allowance shall be in addition to fees for the service of process, and shall be paid from the Insular Treasury as a part of the expense of the Bureau of Justice. In case the governor of the province is the officer of the court he shall receive the same compensation from the same source for the attendance of himself and necessary deputies during the days of actual session of the Court of First Instance in the province. During the sessions of the Supreme Court, at other places than in the city of Manila, the officer of the court shall receive the same allowance as herein provided."

SEC. 2. The public  good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 16, 1903.